Rugby: New Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt makes shock decision to keep Marika Koroibete out of the Wallabies side for this weekend's Test against world champions the Springbok.
Koroibete shock omission from Wallabies | 00:58World champions South Africa scored five tries to one as they crushed Australia 33-7 in the opening match of the Rugby Championship in Brisbane on Saturday.
“They dominated possession and territory in the first half which sapped the strength out of the boys a little bit,” Schmidt said. It was the Springboks’ first win at Suncorp Stadium since 2013 and only their fourth ever victory in Brisbane. “It was a big thing for us to win this game, we know this is a fortress for Australian rugby,” Kolisi said of Suncorp Stadium.“We know with these two matches we can’t win the championship, but these two matches could lose us the championship.”The Wallabies, under new coach Schmidt, started 2024 with two wins over Wales and one over Georgia, but they found the step up in class far too much to handle.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who earlier missed an easy penalty, converted from out wide to make it 7-0 to the visitors.When they did get the ball they failed to make any impression and were reduced to kicking it away, handing the ball straight back to the Springboks.Source: Getty Images
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